CONWAY — Frustration was the emotion on display at last Thursday’s SAU 9 Board meeting after the superintendent search committee came up short a second time in its quest to find Kevin Richard’s successor by July 1.
The SAU 9 Board voted to search for an interim superintendent in hopes he/she could start on July 1, and will also continue to search nationwide for a full-time superintendent.
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